Engineering Lead - APAC Expansion (Korea)

We are opening a new office in Seoul to support our Asia-Pacific teams and regional expansion plans. As an Engineering Lead in South Korea, you will have the unique opportunity to build beautifully simple experiences that guide our customers through the Wise ecosystem, helping them live, travel, and work without borders.

How you’ll be contributing to our team

• Seoul Office Seed: As the most senior engineer on the ground, you will act as a foundational 'seed' for the Seoul office, bridging the gap between local operations and APAC regional teams, and fostering a collaborative culture from day one.
• Being the technical representative of Wise to the regulators: As the most senior technical person in the Seoul Office, you will be representing Wise as a Key Management Personnel and be the main point of contact to regulators and auditors around IT Org and IT Sec.
• Product Ownership: You will own the technical roadmap for your team, ensuring it addresses critical technical debt, reliability, security, and scalability concerns.
• Technical Excellence: You will actively contribute to your team's delivery, supporting day-to-day execution while maintaining a high standard for product quality and customer experience.
• People Leadership: You will directly manage the engineers of your team in the Seoul office, ensuring high effectiveness and performance from team members.
• Domain Expertise: You will partner with product and design functions to develop and execute a product roadmap that solves real customer problems with measurable impact.
• System Reliability: You are accountable for the availability and security of the systems you build, ensuring they have appropriate support, SLAs, on-call rosters, and documentation.
• Incident Management: You will actively help resolve existing incidents within your area of ownership and ensure every incident is properly owned.